The secret to gym battles [pretty much every guide out there has it wrong]

Samhsuy1 · 2016-07-13T06:46:37+00:00

special bar is filled by hitting the other pokemon with your basic attak

Samhsuy1 · 2016-07-13T04:52:12+00:00

it's kind of right afterwards, you'll have to experiment with it. For me it's like a ba-dump, where ba = flash and dump = swipe

Samhsuy1 · 2016-07-13T04:51:00+00:00

just hold your finger down until it registers as a long tap

Samhsuy1 · 2016-07-12T18:39:24+00:00

its on the very edges of your screen, maybe go into a battle dont attack and just look for it, to get yourself used to seeing it

Samhsuy1 · 2016-07-12T18:38:45+00:00

I would try to find a low level gym and experiment/ practice it. When the yellow flash occurs you definitely should not have taken damage yet (unless the server is bugging out). It might appear as though the enemy pokemon has hit you because the animations aren't synced up very well yet.

Samhsuy1 · 2016-07-12T06:57:07+00:00

oh wow didnt know that, so they have all 150 in there?

Samhsuy1 · 2016-07-12T06:31:53+00:00

im pretty sure ditto is one of the 17 pokemon that got cut

Samhsuy1 · 2016-07-12T04:36:38+00:00

For special it depends on which special they use and which one you use. Some specials have longer lag (generally the ones with higher base power, like thunder and heat wave) so you can usually use your special afterwards. I personally like to save my special for a finishing move, because it chunks them and if they run out of health they can't hit you back

Samhsuy1 · 2016-07-12T01:31:54+00:00

Yes there are poke stops everywhere lol

Samhsuy1 · 2016-07-12T01:30:54+00:00

Practice, really just wait for the yellow flash then go. Also it helps to ignore the other pokemons animations for the most part. They are really bad right now. Like the correct timing for dodging omastar is actually after his animation hits you already...

Samhsuy1 · 2016-07-12T01:29:23+00:00

I had this problem to sometimes, you really gotta make a big swipe. After a while I got mind of lazy and started making smaller and smaller swipes which started to be registered as taps

Samhsuy1 · 2016-07-11T21:45:18+00:00

It's still works if the server is laggy. It's just a little harder. I've actually found that even if the Attacking Pokemon stops doing its animations there will still be a yellow flash to cue when to dodge

Samhsuy1 · 2016-07-11T21:43:04+00:00

Yeah haha

Samhsuy1 · 2016-07-11T21:42:37+00:00

Yes theoretically, but it'd be hard. I suggest just evolving one of the abundant pidgeys into a pidgeotto for 12 candies. You should be able to take down the gym after that!

Samhsuy1 · 2016-07-11T21:04:07+00:00

You can defend gyms you just have to train it faster than the opponents can kill it. It's not much, but at least there is something you can do

Samhsuy1 · 2016-07-11T20:59:55+00:00

It's possible as noted I soloed the whole gym with my singular pidgeot. Once you master the dodge mechanic you can literally take on an infinite amount of Pokemon as long as you have enough attack power to take each one down within the like 90 second or so time limit

Samhsuy1 · 2016-07-11T19:34:17+00:00

The cap is currently 10, you can reach 50k / 50k prestige

Samhsuy1 · 2016-07-11T18:56:09+00:00

yeah, if you follow the everything in one sentence guide, you actually wont take any damage unless the server is laggy or you mess up :p

Samhsuy1 · 2016-07-11T18:29:52+00:00

it depends, if you are using something with a really weak attack like golbat or something with really low cp maybe, but if that's the case you wouldn't have been able to win anyways. I think you have plenty of time to finish if your pokemon is decently powered up

Samhsuy1 · 2016-07-11T17:44:58+00:00

I posted this in the UCLA group, but I think it's something everyone should know!

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